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diff --git a/lisp/language/tai-viet.el b/lisp/language/tai-viet.el index b202abf029c..086483da813 100644 --- a/lisp/language/tai-viet.el +++ b/lisp/language/tai-viet.el @@ -39,21 +39,20 @@ (input-method . "tai-sonla") (sample-text . "TaiViet (ꪁꪫꪱꪣ ꪼꪕ)\t\tꪅꪰꪙꫂ ꪨꪮꫂ ꪁꪫꪱ / ꪅꪽ ꪨꪷ ꪁꪫꪱ") (documentation . "\ -TaiViet refers to the Tai language used by Tai people in -Vietnam, and also refers to the script used for this language. -Both the script and language have the same origin as that of Thai +TaiViet refers to the Tai script, which is used to write several +Tai languages of northwestern Vietnam and surrounding areas. These +languages are Tai Dam (also known as Black Tai or Tai Noir), +Tai Dón (also known as White Tai or Tai Blanc), Tày Tac, +Tai Daeng (also known as Red Tai or Tai Rouge), +and Thai Song (also known as Lao Song). However, some people +consider Tai Dam, Tai Dón and Tai Daeng to be dialects of the +same language, and call them collectively \"Tai Viet\". + +Both the script and languages have the same origin as that of Thai language/script used in Thailand, but now they differ from each other in a significant way (especially the scripts are). The language name is spelled as \"ꪁꪫꪱꪣ ꪼꪕ\", and the script name is -spelled as \"ꪎ ꪼꪕ\" in the modern form, \"ꪎꪳ ꪼꪕ\" in the traditional -form. - -As the proposal for TaiViet script to the Unicode is still on -the progress, we use the Private Use Area for TaiViet -characters (U+F000..U+F07E). A TaiViet font encoded accordingly -is available at this web page: - http://www.m17n.org/viettai/ -"))) +spelled as \"ꪎꪳ ꪼꪕ\"."))) (provide 'tai-viet) |